Token-Based Data Authority Transfer Without Strong Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data management systems require strong consistency, leading to time-intensive and expensive synchronization of duplicate data files across multiple locations, which is inefficient and costly.
Innovation Solution
A token-based approach for data authority management that records the lineage of data authority transfers and modifications using tokens, enabling distributed data authority management and maintaining high performance caches without constant synchronization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single master hierarchy is used to maintain data consistency, then data reliability is improved, but synchronization time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized authority into distributed tokens that can be independently transferred between entities. Instead of requiring all duplicate data files to synchronize through a single master repository, the system divides data authority into transferable tokens that enable decentralized validation and exchange, eliminating the need for time-intensive centralized synchronization while maintaining data consistency through token-based provenance tracking.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces tokens as intermediary objects that mediate data authority transfers between entities. These tokens serve as verifiable proofs of data provenance and authority, allowing entities to validate data ownership and consistency without direct communication with a central master repository, thereby reducing synchronization time while maintaining reliability.
2Reliability
If strong consistency is enforced across all data files, then data reliability is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complexity of maintaining strong consistency from the data management system by removing the requirement for centralized synchronization. Instead, it uses tokens to carry provenance information that can be independently validated, allowing entities to verify data consistency locally without complex centralized coordination mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses tokens as simplified copies that represent data authority and provenance. Rather than maintaining complex relationships between all duplicate data files, the system creates transferable token copies that encapsulate the essential authority information, enabling simple verification and transfer of data ownership without complex system-wide coordination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If duplicate data files are synchronized across multiple locations, then data availability is improved, but synchronization cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by embedding provenance information in tokens before data transfer occurs. This allows entities to validate data authority and consistency in advance through token verification, eliminating the need for costly post-transfer synchronization operations and reducing overall synchronization costs while maintaining data availability across multiple locations.
Data Source
AI summary
A device includes a memory configured to store a first token that indicates that a first entity has data authority of a first data object. The device also includes one or more processors configured to receive a data authority request from a second entity to transfer the data authority of the first data object to the second entity. The one or more processors are further configured to, based on a determination that a data authority transfer criterion is satisfied, generate a second token that indicates that the second entity has the data authority of the first data object. The one or more processors are further configured to generate a first reference that indicates that the second token is related and subsequent to the first token.